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Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen in Marvel's WandaVision series.

WandaVision review: Marvel channels Lost for wonderfully weird Disney+ series

WandaVision review: Marvel channels Lost for wonderfully weird Disney+ series

The MCU returns in WandaVision, the new Disney+ series that offers up plenty of mysteries as it follows the too-perfect lives of two former Avengers.
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Wonder Woman 1984 review: A superhero epic crammed into a time capsule

Wonder Woman 1984 review: A superhero epic crammed into a time capsule

The sequel to Wonder Woman goes all-in on spectacle with some compelling new characters, but Wonder Woman 1984 tries a little too hard to surpass the original.
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Lego made the Star Wars Holiday Special we need right now

Lego made the Star Wars Holiday Special we need right now

The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special is a great reminder of how much fun the Star Wars franchise can be, and why we shouldn't take it so seriously.
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His Dark Materials season 2 review: HBO’s fantasy saga finds its groove

His Dark Materials season 2 review: HBO’s fantasy saga finds its groove

Season 2 of HBO's His Dark Materials improves on the first as the beautiful world of the fantasy saga breathes and expands with help from its talented cast.
The Haunting of Bly Manor

The Haunting of Bly Manor review: A gothic horror story with plenty of heart

The Haunting of Bly Manor review: A gothic horror story with plenty of heart

Fans of The Haunting of Hill House will find plenty of familiar elements in The Haunting of Bly Manor, but lots of welcome surprises and fresh scares, too.
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Enola Holmes review: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill find the fun in Sherlock’s world

Enola Holmes review: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill find the fun in Sherlock’s world

Millie Bobby Brown makes a strong case for a new film franchise in portraying the teenage sister of Sherlock Holmes in this Netflix original movie.
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Utopia season 1 review: A scary-good trip down a familiar rabbit hole

Utopia season 1 review: A scary-good trip down a familiar rabbit hole

The talented cast and creative team of Amazon's Utopia make its conspiracy- and pandemic-fueled story entertaining and occasionally, a little too familiar.
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Mulan review: Disney’s remake is as beautiful as it is exciting

Mulan review: Disney’s remake is as beautiful as it is exciting

Disney's live-action spin on Mulan hits all the right notes while showcasing its amazing lead actress in a film that stands out from the remake crowd.
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We’re not reviewing Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. Here’s why

We’re not reviewing Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. Here’s why

Given a choice between seeing Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller Tenet or avoiding the spread of a deadly virus, the decision should be simple.
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Bill and Ted Face the Music review: A most excellent sequel, dude

Bill and Ted Face the Music review: A most excellent sequel, dude

With its optimistic message and endearingly dimwitted heroes, Bill & Ted Face the Music is a surprisingly successful return for its unlikely universe saviors.
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The Boys Season 2 Review: A gory but satisfying second chapter

The Boys Season 2 Review: A gory but satisfying second chapter

Season 2 of The Boys raises the bar for gore and real-world issues, but still manages to deliver a satisfying second chapter of Amazon's superhero satire.
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Lovecraft Country uses the Black experience to wage a righteous war

Lovecraft Country uses the Black experience to wage a righteous war

The newest HBO show deals with the racist legacy of author H.P. Lovecraft by forging a new path.
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Lovecraft Country review: HBO scores again with its history horror show

Lovecraft Country review: HBO scores again with its history horror show

HBO follows up 2019's powerful Watchmen series with Lovecraft Country, another show that expertly blends fantasy and history in exciting, fascinating ways.
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The Umbrella Academy season 2 review: Making dysfunction beautiful again

The Umbrella Academy season 2 review: Making dysfunction beautiful again

The second season of The Umbrella Academy raises the stakes for the Hargreeves siblings, but confirms the Netflix series' season 1 success was no gimmick.
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The Old Guard review: Netflix turns Charlize Theron into an immortal John Wick

The Old Guard review: Netflix turns Charlize Theron into an immortal John Wick

Netflix wants to build an action franchise with The Old Guard, which casts Charlize Theron as an immortal mercenary, and it comes pretty close to doing so.
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Space Force review: Netflix series finds humor and heart in American absurdity

Space Force review: Netflix series finds humor and heart in American absurdity

Inspired by the real-world Space Force, Netflix's new series finds plenty to laugh about with Steve Carell portraying the military division's reluctant leader.
The Witcher Netflix Series

The Witcher review: Netflix delivers a slow-burn saga that’s worth the wait

The Witcher review: Netflix delivers a slow-burn saga that’s worth the wait

Netflix adapts Andrzej Sapkowski's dark fantasy novels for The Witcher, a series that casts Man of Steel star Henry Cavill as a wandering monster-hunter. The show's careful pacing rewards its audience with a dark, fantastic adventure that's surprisingly layered and entertaining in its first season.
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Gemini Man review: Stunning visuals can’t mask a weak story

Gemini Man review: Stunning visuals can’t mask a weak story

Gemini Man, the latest film from three-time Oscar winner Ang Lee, dazzles with its amped-up frame rate and digital recreation of a young Will Smith, but is hamstrung by a script that's not nearly as clever as the film's groundbreaking technical achievements.
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Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame review

Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame review

Following the events of Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel Studios concludes its first, 22-film saga with Avengers: Endgame, the culmination of more than a decade of movies and one of the franchise's most epic and emotional installments so far. As cathartic as it is thrilling, Endgame completely delivers.
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Hellboy review: A gory, entertaining reboot that sells its soul for spectacle

Hellboy review: A gory, entertaining reboot that sells its soul for spectacle

Director Neil Marshall's reboot of the Hellboy franchise lives up to its R rating with a gory adventure featuring David Harbour as its titular demon hero, but the impressive, effects-driven spectacle it offers audiences lacks the heart of the original franchise and its colorful supporting cast.
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Shazam review: A supersized mash-up of two films that just don’t work together

Shazam review: A supersized mash-up of two films that just don’t work together

Warner Bros. Pictures' latest superhero movie, Shazam!, occasionally flies high, but all too often gets bogged down in its own uncertainty about what kind of movie it wants to be and who it's actually made for. The film stars Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, and Jack Dylan Grazer, and hits theaters on April 5.
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Us review: Jordan Peele makes seeing double singularly terrifying

Us review: Jordan Peele makes seeing double singularly terrifying

Get Out director Jordan Peele brings another terrifying tale to the big screen with Us, in which a family's beach vacation takes a terrifying turn when its members are attacked by a group of people who look just like them. Frightening and impressively acted, Us is another big-screen win for Peele.
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Alita: Battle Angel review

Alita: Battle Angel review

With Alita: Battle Angel, Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron finally deliver a sci-fi, cyberpunk adventure that's been in development for nearly two decades. The film keeps the action high and raises the bar for visual effects with its CG protagonist, even when the story feels a bit underserved.
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‘Bumblebee’ review

‘Bumblebee’ review

Directed by Travis Knight, Transformers prequel film Bumblebee brings the series back to basics with a grounded, endearing story about a teenage girl's friendship with a transforming robot that not only changes both of their lives, but might save a billion-dollar franchise, too.
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‘Aquaman’ review: Jason Momoa delivers a film fit for the King of the Seven Seas

‘Aquaman’ review: Jason Momoa delivers a film fit for the King of the Seven Seas

DC Comics' aquatic superhero Aquaman finally gets his solo feature with Jason Momoa in the title role, and director James Wan's adventure manages to avoid feeling waterlogged while offering up some amazing visuals and intense action. It also introduces a great new villain into the DC Extended Universe.
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‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ review

‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ review

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse offers a new origin story for Marvel's wall-crawling hero that manages to feel different from any Spider-Man movie so far, while echoing the most important aspects of the character's evolution. The end result is one of Spider-Man's most memorable big-screen adventures.

‘Creed II’ review

‘Creed II’ review

Creed II pits Michael B. Jordan's legacy boxer against the son of the man who killed his father, but this sequel is more than just a rematch of Apollo Creed vs. Ivan Drago. A talented cast and skilled director make the film bigger than the fight at the center of the story.
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‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ review

‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ review

Magizoologist Newt Scamander is back for another adventure in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the sequel to 2016's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Although the film brings back even more beautiful creatures, it takes a surprisingly deep dive into the Harry Potter lore.
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‘Halloween’ review

‘Halloween’ review

David Gordon Green's Halloween sequel is an homage to John Carpenter's 1978 original film in more than just its title, and offers a fresh story that finds the right balance between the familiar and the new with a terrifying return to the blood-soaked saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode.
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‘First Man’ review

‘First Man’ review

First Man, Damien Chazelle's biopic of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong that chronicles the events around the famous 1969 moon landing, is another triumph for the Oscar-winning director. First Man is a film that makes the cinematic experience feel fresh in unexpected ways.
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‘Daredevil’ season 3 review

‘Daredevil’ season 3 review

Season 3 of Marvel's Daredevil series on Netflix offers some of the show's best moments to date within the first six episodes, and raises the bar for drama, action, and character development with a brilliant new direction for Matt Murdock and his supporting cast of characters.
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‘Venom’ review

‘Venom’ review

Sony Pictures' Venom brings the popular Spider-Man spinoff character to the screen in his own solo feature, and star Tom Hardy delivers a performance so enjoyably crazy that it can make a head-chomping alien a cheer-worthy hero. Read on for our full, spoiler-free review of the film.
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‘The Predator’ review

‘The Predator’ review

Director and co-writer Shane Black brings the iconic trophy-hunting alien back to the big screen in The Predator, the latest installment of the sci-fi action franchise, which makes up for its flaws with an entertaining ensemble and some creative action sequences that make classic elements feel new again.
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‘Slender Man’ review

‘Slender Man’ review

Sony Pictures' big-screen feature based on the viral Slender Man meme fails to live up to its creepy source material by giving audiences a film that's light on scares and relies too heavily on nausea-inducing camera tricks that feel more akin to face-swapping apps gone wrong.